TABLE 2.

Resistance to tetracycline correlated with the presence of the tet(M) gene in VGS and Gemella spp. with different macrolide resistance phenotypes

Bacterium	M-phenotype isolates		cMLSB-phenotype isolates		iMLSB-phenotype isolates
	No. (%) Tetra	No. with tet(M)	No. (%) Tetr	No. with tet(M)	No. (%) Tetr	No. with tet(M)
VGS	13 (13.40)	7	40 (80.00)	35	15 (88.24)	15
S. mitis	10 (13.16)	7	30 (85.71)	26	12 (85.75)	12
S. oralis	1 (7.69)		9 (69.23)	8	2 (100.00)	2
S. sanguinis	1 (14.29)
S. salivarius	1 (100.00)				1 (100.00)	1
S. anginosus			1 (100.00)	1
Gemella spp.	4 (14.29)	4	8 (88.89)	8	2 (100.00)	2
G. haemolysans	1 (8.33)	1	2 (66.67)	2
G. morbillorum	3 (18.75)	3	8 (75.00)	8	2 (100.00)	2

^aTet^r, tetracycline resistant.